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>>after the villain’s defeat, the protag cannot kill them, and must offer surrender terms (usually although not always)
>>if the villain is killed, it must be because of some other villain intervening, or the villain trying to backstab the protag’s when walking away after begging for mercy, or some ironic consequence of their evil actions, etc.
These tropes are pretty well established unfortunately. A breath of fresh air would be a protagonist just fucking erasing enemies without even a second thought, and the problems that come from that. Like Overlord but on steroids. The opposite of Cautious Hero. Overzealous Hero.

>MC encounters the Demon King's right-hand men
>immediately destroys them as soon as he sees them
>encounters the Demon King's personal guard
>immediately destroys them
>encounters the Demon King
>immediately destroys them, wonders what the fuss was all about
>encounters the demonic beings the Demon King swore fealty to
>wipes them out in an instant too
>encounters the God of Destruction
>kills him in about 30 seconds
>encounters the creator of the universe, who begs for his forgiveness
>MC relents and gives him a moment's reprieve
>the creator tries to backstab MC
>MC fucking deletes him
>series ends with a tiny little goblin trying to steal his coin purse in the new land of peace and freedom he created
>turns him into a little smoldering crater
Is this so much to ask for, japan?
>captcha:PTSDP
>PTSD